April 29 thru April 30, 1894

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Saturday, April 29, 1894 --- Chores as usual. They did some plowing until it began to rain very hard for the rest of the day. That left time for a few odd jobs like cleaning up corn stalks left after the cows finished the good parts, and "putting up a grist" - cleaning grain ready to go to the mill for grinding into cattle feed, or maybe flour for cooking? Otherwise it was lunch, combined with sitting in the house, and standing in the barn - watching it rain! Bert then went over to his brother Herman's house to stay the night.

Sunday, April 30, 1894 --- Bert just spent the day with Herman and family - "got up at six o'clock this morning. a fine morning and a nice day"